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 Table P 38. Full-Time, Year-Round All Workers
 by Median Earnings and Sex: 1960 to 2007

 (People 15 years old and over beginning with March 1980, and people
 14 years old and over as of March of the following year for previous
 years.  Earnings in current and 2007 CPI-U-RS adjusted dollars 28/)
 ________________________________________________________________________
                          Male                         Female
              _____________________________ _____________________________
                 Number   Median earnings      Number   Median earnings
                   with ___________________      with ___________________
               earnings   Current      2007  earnings   Current      2007
 Year          (thous.)   dollars   dollars  (thous.)   dollars   dollars
 ________________________________________________________________________
 2007            62,984   $45,113   $45,113    45,613   $35,102   $35,102
 2006            63,055    42,261    43,460    44,663    32,515    33,437
 2005            61,500    41,386    43,955    43,351    31,858    33,836
 2004 35/        60,088    40,796    44,781    42,380    31,240    34,292
 2003            58,772    40,668    45,847    41,908    30,724    34,637
 2002            58,761    39,429    45,443    41,876    30,203    34,810
 2001            58,712    38,275    44,826    41,639    29,215    34,215
 2000 30/        59,602    37,252    44,853    41,719    27,462    33,065
 1999 29/        58,299    36,391    45,284    40,871    26,316    32,747
 1998            56,951    35,345    44,900    38,785    25,862    32,853
 1997            54,909    33,674    43,375    37,683    24,973    32,167
 1996            53,787    32,144    42,298    36,430    23,710    31,200
 1995 25/        52,667    31,496    42,549    35,482    22,497    30,392
 1994 24/        51,580    30,854    42,685    34,155    22,205    30,720
 1993 23/        49,818    30,407    42,965    33,524    21,747    30,728
 1992 22/        48,551    30,197    43,723    33,241    21,375    30,950
 1991            47,888    29,421    43,680    32,436    20,553    30,514
 1990            49,171    27,678    42,565    31,682    19,822    30,484
 1989            49,678    27,331    44,127    31,340    18,769    30,303
 1988            48,285    26,656    44,894    31,237    17,606    29,652
 1987 21/        47,013    25,946    45,301    29,912    16,911    29,526
 1986            45,912    25,256    45,587    28,420    16,232    29,298
 1985 20/        44,943    24,195    44,462    27,383    15,624    28,712
 1984 19/        43,808    23,218    44,132    26,466    14,780    28,093
 1983            41,528    21,881    43,293    25,166    13,915    27,532
 1982            40,105    21,077    43,482    23,702    13,014    26,848
 1981            41,773    20,260    44,319    23,329    12,001    26,252
 1980            41,881    18,612    44,590    22,859    11,197    26,825
 1979 18/        42,437    17,014    45,286    22,082    10,151    27,019
 1978            41,036    15,730    45,879    20,914     9,350    27,271
 1977            39,263    14,626    45,585    19,238     8,618    26,860
 1976 17/        38,184    13,455    44,582    18,073     8,099    26,835
 1975 16/        37,267    12,758    44,704    17,452     7,504    26,294
 1974 16/15/     37,916    11,863    44,985    16,945     6,970    26,430
 1973            39,581    11,186    46,659    17,195     6,335    26,425
 1972 14/        38,184    10,202    45,218    16,675     5,903    26,164
 1971 13/        36,819     9,399    42,908    16,002     5,593    25,533
 1970            36,132     8,966    42,725    15,476     5,323    25,365
 1969            37,008     8,455    42,275    15,374     4,977    24,885
 1968            37,068     7,664    40,029    15,013     4,457    23,279
 1967 12/        36,645     7,182    38,983    14,846     4,150    22,525
 1966 11/          (NA)     6,856    38,376      (NA)     3,946    22,087
 1965 10/          (NA)     6,388    36,770      (NA)     3,828    22,035
 1964              (NA)     6,203    36,254      (NA)     3,669    21,444
 1963              (NA)     5,980    35,426      (NA)     3,525    20,883
 1962 9/           (NA)     5,754    34,558      (NA)     3,412    20,492
 1961 8/           (NA)     5,595    33,938      (NA)     3,315    20,108
 1960              (NA)     5,368    32,888      (NA)     3,257    19,955
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 

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